*ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has said strategic stability in South Asiais being threatened by the offensive posture and induction of lethalweapons by India.*
He was addressing the international conference on Global Non ProliferationRegime: Challenges and Response organized by Strategic Studies Institute inIslamabad on Monday.
The president pointed out that discriminatory exemptions by certaincountries for the supply of nuclear technology and advanced militaryhardware to India has further complicated the regional security andundermined the credibility of non-proliferation regime.
He said that Pakistan is committed to maintain strategic stability in theregion and will continue to demonstrate restraint and responsibility. Hesaid nobody should doubt Pakistan’s capability to defend its territorialintegrity and sovereignty.
Mr Alvi urged the International community to take notice of India’srhetoric of surgical strikes and limited war. He said such a posture justtends to only up the ante. He said the proponents of such fantasies willbear the responsibility of any consequences.
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He hoped that good sense will prevail and that both Pakistan and Indiaagree on the framework for strategic stability. He however regretted thatour postures for peace have been reciprocated with belligerence.
He said Pakistan has relentlessly pursued the objective of keeping SouthAsia free of nuclear weapons despite the fact that in 1974, detonation hadtaken place in the region.
